Name

Erlendur Bogason

Description

The owner of Strytan Divecenter, Erlendur Bogason, your diving guide started his dive carrier in 1993 diving for sea urchins. In1996 he started working for the Marine Research Institute in Iceland where he learned underwater research from Karl Gunnarsson marine biologist.

Erlendur has been doing underwater research with Karl at the volcanic island Surtsey. Diving at the new lava in Vestmannaeyjar islands, researching sea urchins (strongilocentrotus droebachiensis) in Eyjafjörður fjord, ocean quahog (Arctica islandica) in Þistilfjörður fjord among others. In 1997 Erlendur got his commercial diving certificate and the same year he discover the largest geothermal underwater chimney in shallow water in the world, situated just offshore from Ystavík bay in Eyjafjörður fjord. He was the first diver to dive down to see it.

In 2010 he started operating diving trips with tourists at the chimney areas, Ásbyrgi canyon, Grímsey island and teach diving as a PADI instructor.

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